Rule 5.801. Definitions that apply to this Article; exclusions from hearsay

(a) Statement “Statement” means a person’s:

(1) Oral assertion or written assertion; or

(2) Nonverbal conduct, if intended as an assertion.

(b) Declarant “Declarant” means the person who made the statement.

(c) Hearsay “Hearsay” means a statement that:

(1) The declarant does not make while testifying at the current trial or hearing; and

(2) A party offers into evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted in the statement.

(d) Statements that are not hearsay A statement that meets the following conditions is not hearsay:

(1) A declarant-witness’s prior statement The declarant testifies and is subject to cross-examination about a prior statement, and the statement:

(A) Is inconsistent with the declarant’s testimony and was given under penalty of perjury at a trial, hearing, or other proceeding or in a deposition;

(B) Is consistent with the declarant’s testimony and is offered to rebut an express or implied charge that the declarant recently fabricated it or acted from a recent improper influence or motive in so testifying; or

(C) Identifies a person as someone the declarant perceived earlier.

(2) An opposing party’s statement The statement is offered against an opposing party and:

(A) Was made by the party in an individual or representative capacity;

(B) Is one the party manifested that it adopted or believed to be true;

(C) Was made by a person whom the party authorized to make a statement on the subject;

(D) Was made by the party’s agent or employee on a matter within the scope of that relationship and while it existed; or

(E) Was made by the party’s coconspirator during and in furtherance of the conspiracy The statement must be considered but does not by itself establish the declarant’s authority under

(C) ; the existence or scope of the relationship under (D); or the existence of the conspiracy or participation in it under (E).